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HHF & AWP Timber Follies in ParisNot only is Paris going to get a brand new urban park about 1/8th the size of New York's Central Park, but it's going to be adorned with these dreamy "follies" - a series of colorful timber pavilions. Swiss architects <a href="http://hhf.ch/hhf/en/projects/archive/2011/poissy.photos.0.html">HHF</a> & <a href="http://www.platforms.fr/">AWP</a> won the competition to design these modular structures, which will either be stacked to create an observatory, clustered to form a visitor center and restaurant, or scattered along the Seine river in Carrière-Sous-Poissy. There they will join existing barges, fishing huts, and house boats to give the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/high-performance-housing-for-parisian-students-weaves-into-the-urban-fabric/">city's urban fabric</a> a touch of riverside ambience.1
HHF & AWP Timber Follies in ParisParisians will get more than a bourgeouis walk in the park at their new Seine river urban park.2
HHF & AWP Timber Follies in ParisHHF and AWP Architects from Switzerland won a design competition to design a series of minimalist timber "follies" to adorn the park3
HHF & AWP Timber Follies in ParisThey will be of a standard, simple construction4
HHF & AWP Timber Follies in ParisIn order to reduce costs5
HHF & AWP Timber Follies in ParisAnd they will be constructed by local firms (by Paris for Paris)6
HHF & AWP Timber Follies in ParisThe 113 hectare park north of the city will be an ecological showcase for residents and visitors alike.7
